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مُتَوَحِّش
wild, savage, brutal /mu.ta.ˈwaħ.ħiʃ/
adjectiveB2#3832 most common
Also: ferocious, feral, a savage (as a noun)
Example sentences
هذا حيوانٌ متوحش.
This is a wild animal.
الأسد حيوانٌ متوحش يعيش في الغابة.
The lion is a wild animal that lives in the forest.
تصرّف بشكل متوحش عندما غضب.
He behaved savagely when he got angry.
وصفت الصحافة الهجوم بأنه عمل متوحش.
The press described the attack as a savage act.
تعيش بعض القبائل النائية حياة أقرب إلى الحياة المتوحشة البدائية.
Some remote tribes live a life closer to a primitive, wild existence.
أظهر النظام وجهه المتوحش في قمعه للمحتجين دون أي رادع أخلاقي.
The regime showed its brutal face in suppressing protesters without any moral restraint.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُتَوَحِّشٌ | مُتَوَحِّشُونَ |
| Genitive | مُتَوَحِّشٍ | مُتَوَحِّشِينَ |
| Accusative | مُتَوَحِّشًا | مُتَوَحِّشِينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُتَوَحِّشُ | يا مُتَوَحِّشُونَ |
Word family
وَحْشwild animal, beast
تَوَحَّشَto become wild, turn savage
وَحْشِيّsavage, wild, brutalوَحْشِيَّةsavagery, brutality
تَوَحُّشwildness, descent into savagery
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root w-ḥ-sh, tied to the idea of desolate, uninhabited land and the beasts that roam it. The noun wahsh means a wild animal, one that lives apart from humans. The Form V verb tawaḥḥasha, built on this root, means to turn wild or savage, and mutawaḥḥish is simply its active participle: one who has become like a wild beast.
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